2022 iPad Pro Reviews: Minor Spec Bump With 'One Very Nice Surprise'

[Mr. Heckles]

Nah. Macs have been beating the iPad in revenue for two years now. In price and value you're better off just getting a M1 Macbook Air, especially since Amazon is selling new M1 MBAs for $800

Are you sure? This says differently (unless I’m reading it wrong).

Apple's Mac and iPad sales break quarterly records | AppleInsider

Apple's Mac product lineup hit a new record high in the June quarter, and the company says iPad had the highest June quarter by revenue in nearly a decade.

appleinsider.com

 

[Spaceboi Scaphandre]

I don't want a MAC. I like the tablet form.

You're pretty much already using a gimped Mac with the new iPad Airs and Pros. Guts of a Mac but does a lot less than a Mac and is more expensive than a Mac. Any benefit of that tablet form is lost with how limiting iPadOS is on the M series chips. It's why many Pros beg Apple to allow them to dualboot macOS on the M1/M2 iPads.

If you want a tablet form, just get the vanilla iPad, not the Pro. Once you get to that high price range of the M1/M2 iPads, at that point the Mac would be better.

 

[ct2k7]

Are you sure? This says differently (unless I’m reading it wrong).

Apple's Mac and iPad sales break quarterly records | AppleInsider

Apple's Mac product lineup hit a new record high in the June quarter, and the company says iPad had the highest June quarter by revenue in nearly a decade.

appleinsider.com

Revenue for the Mac hit $8.2 billion in Q3 2021, up 16% year-over-year. Apple's iPad lineup is also up 12% year-over-year to $7.4 billion, Apple said in its quarterly earnings report on Tuesday.

 

[Spaceboi Scaphandre]

Are you sure? This says differently (unless I’m reading it wrong).

Apple's Mac and iPad sales break quarterly records | AppleInsider

Apple's Mac product lineup hit a new record high in the June quarter, and the company says iPad had the highest June quarter by revenue in nearly a decade.

appleinsider.com

That was from summer of last year. The new metrics are drastically different as the Mac has overtaken the iPad.

Apple Reports All-Time or March Quarter Revenue Records Across All Categories Except iPad

Apple today announced its earnings results for the second quarter of its 2022 fiscal year, including revenue of $97.3 billion, a new March...

www.macrumors.com

 

[thejadedmonkey]

Imagine if you walked into a restaurant for the first time and the description for the chicken entree on the menu said, "Chicken.... a little more saffron and the same price as last week."

I know that most of these specific video drops are unboxing, but I don't understand Youtube "reviews." They do a disservice to someone new in the market for a device or who hasn't upgraded their device in several years. The video reviewers presume that the viewer knows everything about the previous generation and has full context. I wish reviewers reviewed the existing device rather than making a hot take on how similar it is to the one released a year ago!

But then how would people know that they should just buy last years model?

 

[Wackery]

Imagine if you walked into a restaurant for the first time and the description for the chicken entree on the menu said, "Chicken.... a little more saffron and the same price as last week."

I know that most of these specific video drops are unboxing, but I don't understand Youtube "reviews." They do a disservice to someone new in the market for a device or who hasn't upgraded their device in several years. The video reviewers presume that the viewer knows everything about the previous generation and has full context. I wish reviewers reviewed the existing device rather than making a hot take on how similar it is to the one released a year ago!

Chicken doesn’t cost over $1000

 

[DrRadon]

If the price goes up and the product dos not get better accordingly it is a worse product. I’ll pass.

 

[GMShadow]

Nah. Macs have been beating the iPad in revenue for two years now. In price and value you're better off just getting a M1 Macbook Air, especially since Amazon is selling new M1 MBAs for $800

The ASP on a Mac is likely double or more the ASP on an iPad.

 

[cupcakes2000]

You're pretty much already using a gimped Mac with the new iPad Airs and Pros. Guts of a Mac but does a lot less than a Mac and is more expensive than a Mac. Any benefit of that tablet form is lost with how limiting iPadOS is on the M series chips. It's why many Pros beg Apple to allow them to dualboot macOS on the M1/M2 iPads.

If you want a tablet form, just get the vanilla iPad, not the Pro. Once you get to that high price range of the M1/M2 iPads, at that point the Mac would be better.

It’s funny, some feel limited and gimped by iPadOS, yet I, and the many that do know how to use it properly, could feel that it’s in fact the people suggesting it that are the limiting factor..it’s ok if you can’t operate it or make it work for what you need.. but insisting that it’s due to the device being limited rather than your ability or need to use it, is just bizarre. Just don’t buy it, and don’t worry about it!

 

[MacLawyer]

Nah. Macs have been beating the iPad in revenue for two years now. In price and value you're better off just getting a M1 Macbook Air, especially since Amazon is selling new M1 MBAs for $800

True and we've had several iPad updates since the early 2020 27 inch iMac came out. And no large screen iMac until 2023??

 

[Frixos]

How is the hovering thing a surprise? Did they not announce that?

 

[Spaceboi Scaphandre]

The ASP on a Mac is likely double or more the ASP on an iPad.

The what?

 

[EugW]

How is the hovering thing a surprise? Did they not announce that?

It's a surprise that it is actually useful, and not just some gimmick.

 

[jonnysods]

Just show me the 14" M2 MacBook Pro!

 

[Mr. Heckles]

Revenue for the Mac hit $8.2 billion in Q3 2021, up 16% year-over-year. Apple's iPad lineup is also up 12% year-over-year to $7.4 billion, Apple said in its quarterly earnings report on Tuesday.

That was from summer of last year. The new metrics are drastically different as the Mac has overtaken the iPad.

Apple Reports All-Time or March Quarter Revenue Records Across All Categories Except iPad

Apple today announced its earnings results for the second quarter of its 2022 fiscal year, including revenue of $97.3 billion, a new March...

www.macrumors.com

Thanks!

 

[Mr. Dee]

Federico’s over reaction to the Apple pencil hover is just him paying his dues to stay in Apples good graces.

 

[GuruZac]

I love my M1 12.9 iPad Pro. It serves a different role than my M1 MacBook Air. The M2 is probably the smallest upgrade in the iPad Pro life cycle. Feels even smaller than the 2018-2020 where you got a RAM bump, new cameras, really cool accessory (Magic Keyboard).

 

[haydn!]

How is the hovering thing a surprise? Did they not announce that?

I think they're referring to a surprise as to how useful the feature is. Not that it was a total surprise.

 

[JustSomebody12]

Does it support auracast?

 

[citysnaps]

If you want a tablet form, just get the vanilla iPad, not the Pro. Once you get to that high price range of the M1/M2 iPads, at that point the Mac would be better.

For you... You shouldn't project your needs and requirements onto others.

My wife is an artist. She likes sitting on the couch, or in a coffee shop, or in a park and making art on her iPad Pro and Apple Pencil.

There are many other situations where a tablet is a much better tool.

 

[AAPLGeek]

Geekbench is probably going to be the most used app on these iPads

 

[Orange Bat]

It’s funny, some feel limited and gimped by iPadOS, yet I, and the many that do know how to use it properly, could feel that it’s in fact the people suggesting it that are the limiting factor..it’s ok if you can’t operate it or make it work for what you need.. but insisting that it’s due to the device being limited rather than your ability or need to use it, is just bizarre. Just don’t buy it, and don’t worry about it!

The problem with this is the name “Pro”. The most visible competitor, IMO, is Microsoft Surface Pro, which also is $999 at the bottom end. It runs Windows. That makes for a very powerful tablet/laptop combination. At that price, the iPad Pro feels very, very hampered compared to a surface. The iPad Pro just doesn’t have the software required to make the iPad Pro feel “Pro”. Now, perhaps if Apple would make something like, say, Final Cut Pro for iPad, or XCode, then you may hear people think differently. But I would love to have an iPad that can supplement my work on my Mac. It can do some things, like email and documents, but otherwise it doesn’t feel “Pro”.

 

[GuruZac]

Yearly upgraders are probably going to skip this one. I haven't upgraded since 2018 because each upgrade has seemed fairly incremental. This year was enough of a jump that I ordered a 12.9 pro to replace my 2018 12.9 pro.

That's a quality upgrade. Big CPU/GPU and RAM jump, better display.

 

[iPadified]

You're pretty much already using a gimped Mac with the new iPad Airs and Pros. Guts of a Mac but does a lot less than a Mac and is more expensive than a Mac. Any benefit of that tablet form is lost with how limiting iPadOS is on the M series chips. It's why many Pros beg Apple to allow them to dualboot macOS on the M1/M2 iPads.

If you want a tablet form, just get the vanilla iPad, not the Pro. Once you get to that high price range of the M1/M2 iPads, at that point the Mac would be better.

All Apple devices are now running a version of an iPhone chip.

 

[EugW]

That was from summer of last year. The new metrics are drastically different as the Mac has overtaken the iPad.

Apple Reports All-Time or March Quarter Revenue Records Across All Categories Except iPad

Apple today announced its earnings results for the second quarter of its 2022 fiscal year, including revenue of $97.3 billion, a new March...

www.macrumors.com

That is three times in a row this year that Macs have outsold iPads. Let's see if this keeps up for the latest announcement this week.

For you... You shouldn't project your needs and requirements onto others.

My wife is an artist. She likes sitting on the couch, or in a coffee shop, or in a park and making art on her iPad Pro and Apple Pencil.

There are many other situations where a tablet is a much better tool.

Beautiful drawing!